Guus Hiddink pleads for video arbitration

This is part of Guus Hiddink’s column in the Dutch paper De Telegraaf where he pleads for video arbitration translated in English.
Here is a link to Hiddink’s column in De Telegraaf (in Dutch) on 26th of June 2009: http://www.telegraaf.nl/telesport/article7046840.ece

Hiddink: If this World Cup has made one thing clear, then it is that we can no longer do without video arbitration at this level. I am hoping that the Special Player Commission of the Fifa will begin introducing this (video arbitration) immediately after this World Cup. It is the group with football icons such as Michel Platini, Franz Beckenbauer and Johan Cruijff, who raise relevant matters to the world football federation. They are also the suitable persons to press for video arbitration.

Hiddink continues: Only men such as Beckenbauer and Cruijff are able to shake up the gentlemen of the executive comity. Because also in South Africa it has become clear, the way it is now, is no longer possible. After all the misery around the France-Ireland game, also during this World Cup matters have occurred that have nothing to do with sportsmanship. The double hand ball, from which Fabiano scored against Ivory Coast, has influenced the situation in group G decisively. Then we have the matter concerning the Americans, who only survived thanks to their iron will, where other countries may have mentally snapped after their undeserved disapproved goal.

Hiddink ends with a plea: Therefore I plead for the rapid introduction of video arbitration, just for goals. That would be a beginning. It only may cost up to ten seconds and will prevent much misery. Therefore Johan and Franz: get on to it.